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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform space travel forever

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
Greek Reporter

NASA Fires Up a Massive Solar Engine to Support Moon Missions

NASA’s new solar engine powers the Gateway space station, advancing Artemis missions and deep space exploration.

NASA Powers Up a Massive Solar Engine for the Moon

NASA’s Gateway is coming to life with a solar-powered spacecraft built to light it up—and move it around the Moon.
Ars Technica

NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age

A couple of weeks ago, ground teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida removed one of the four main engines from the Space Launch System rocket slated to send four astronauts on a voyage around ...
UPI

NASA completes full-duration 'hot fire' test of new RS-25 engine

June 23 (UPI) --NASA fired up a full-duration test of its new RS-25 engine that will power the Space Launch System rocket on Artemis missions to the moon, the space agency announced Monday. NASA ...
Gizmodo

Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

NASA just switched on a giant solar engine, and it’s headed for the moon

The Gateway, NASA’s upcoming lunar space station, is one step closer to reality as engineers have successfully powered on its ...